One man was asked what has been hailed 'one of the hardest questions ever' on 1% Club and he got it absolutely spot on.
The lucky bloke took to the podium to try his luck at the quiz, which sees 100 contestants put their common sense, logic and intelligence to the test.
The game show sees that any contestant who correctly answers a question that just 1% of the nation got right wins a share of up to A$100,000 cash.
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Well, luckily for this Aussie contestant, Michael, he was able to crack the code and shocked audiences all over after he took just half a minute to give his answer to the mind-boggling question.
And the question?
Brace yourself - it's definitely a whole lot more than your average brain teaser.
Host, Jim Jefferies, asked the contestant the highly-anticipated 1% question: "If January equals 717, March equals 5315 and June equals 4624, then what does August equal? You have 30 seconds to answer, your time starts now."
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I think it's fair to say I'm one of many who doesn't even understand the question let alone the answer...
As the clock ran down, Jeffries reminded the contestant he only had '15 seconds' left and then warned him when he was at the heart-racing 'five seconds' mark.
After the time finally ran out, the host told the contestant: "Okay, your time is up!
"It looked like it went down to the wire there, Michael, you were typing right to the last second."
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Michael responded: "Yeah, I changed my answer too."
Jeffries then asked the quick-thinking contestant if he was happy with his last-minute answer change to which he said: "I hope so."
He then asked what Michael's final answer was.
Drumroll please...
Michael revealed his 1% Club answer was '6848' before the host asked him what his previous answer was, to which he replied '686'.
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"Well," Jeffries began, "for a $100,000, the answer is..." before a huge '6848' flashed on to the game show screen.
As the audience burst into an eruption of applause and cheer, he continued: "Congratulations, Michael!
"You have won $100,000 - welcome to the 1% Club!"
Talk about a warm welcome.
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And then, for all of us at home who hadn't a clue about how Michael came to that answer, the host explained the method behind it.
He revealed: "They are letters in the month's name, month's position in the calendar and then the last two digits multiplied.
"August has six letters. It is the eighth month and six times eight is 48."
The impressive performance has since made its rounds on social media with one TikTok user admitting: "It took me almost 10 minutes to get it, took me so long to come up with just multiplying the numbers.
"I could never do this under pressure in 30 seconds."
Us neither.
A second joked: "I'm in the zero % club because I've got zero chance of answering that."
"Wow, impressive," echoed a third, "I did not get that one."
Topics: Australia, Money, TV and Film, The 1% Club
Rhiannon Ingle